The societal challenges that we are facing today are complex and can feel overwhelming at times. Each situation is interrelated with many other aspects and unique, therefore requires us to approach it with a sense of care, presence and courage. 

When engaging in systemic change work, a whole new set of leadership qualities and skills is required, that will enable us to shift our focus from an ego- to an ecosystem-perspective leading to more meaningful, coherent and longer-term viable action. How do we sense what is happening in a system? How do we know when it’s the right time for an intervention of systemic relevance, and what shape this intervention may need to have? Who are the right people to bring together, and how do we track what is unfolding, receive its hidden messages and make meaning together?

“In fact, in this day and age, when problems are increasingly complex, and there simply are not simple answers, and there is no simple cause and effect any longer, I cannot imagine how stressful it is to be the leader and to pretend that you have the answer. So, what I see in life-affirming leaders is that they are willing to say to people “I do not know the answer, but together we will figure it out.”” - Margaret Wheatley

In this workshop you will get an introduction to:

• What ecosystem awareness means

• What leadership qualities are required to contribute in a meaningful way to systemic change work, and what are practices that can support this

• What to pay attention to when engaging in systemic change work, how to sense where the system you are working with is at, and what this requires

• What are potential pitfalls of systemic change work

This workshop is part of the Catalyst Lab journey and is open for the interested public.

The costs are as follows:

• CHF 20 for explorers (Members of collaboratio helvetica)

• CHF 50 for friends and team members of Catalysts

• CHF 100 for externals

Facilitators:

The workshop will be facilitated by Luea Ritter and Sarah Friederich, co-hosts of the Catalyst Lab.

Where:

The workshop will take place online on Zoom.